Mills James' 2017 Gold CINDY Award is in recognition of In Christy's Shoes, a video created for the In Christy's Shoes Foundation.

Mills James is the winner of a Gold CINDY award in the 2017 International CINDY Competition. The CINDY Awards honor those individuals and groups who have produced digital programming that achieves the highest level of excellence in production value and message effectiveness.

Mills James' creative team led by John Jackson is being recognized for their project In Christy's Shoes. The video was created for the In Christy's Shoes Foundation—a charity working on behalf of women experiencing homelessness, unemployment, domestic abuse, substance abuse, human trafficking, and brain cancer. The project was screened at the 2017 In Christy's Shoes silent auction event to stimulate charitable contributions.

The director of photography for In Christy's Shoes is Andy Marshall, with postproduction work from Brian Alexander, Shane Walker and Mark Snider.

More than 9,140 entries from around the world were judged in last year’s regional and international events, covering 174+ subject-matter categories. Programs included websites, videos, mobile apps, podcasts, webinars, commercials, documentaries, films, infomercials, music videos and more.